poison pill

n. an element introduced into the restructuring of a corporation so that it becomes undesirable for another corporation to take over. Acme Corporation approved a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rodger	['rɔdʒə]
Sinclair	sin-KLER	English (Rare)
Jocasta	jo-KAS-tə (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
OdhrÁN	O-rawn	Irish
America	ə-MER-i-kə	English
Emmerich	E-me-rikh (German)	German, Ancient Germanic